Eraser and pencil-sharpener



srAfIEs PATENT oEEIoE.

ARCHIBALD G. SIIAVER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ERASER AND PENCIL-SHARPENER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,196, dated March 8,1859; Ressued August 30,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD G. SHAvEn, of the city of Hartford, countyof Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have Vinvented a new and usefulImprovement in the Mode of Constructing Paper Erasers and Pencil-Sharpeners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a correctdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the form and shape of a papereraser, in combination with a pencil Sharpener, paper smoother andfolder.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

The drawing: Figure l a face view of the eraser; Fig. 2, a side view ofditto.

I make the blade A of good and suitable steel, shaped as shown in Fig.l, and curved as shown in Fig. 2, with a flat shank B fastened into thehandle C, in a proper manner. Between the blade and the shank, on eachedge, I make circular indents D, D, with keen edges to form thecutterst-o sharpen pencils, and on the face of the shank C, I make anacute triangular groove E, with teeth similar to a small file. Thisgroove is to finish sharpening of the pencil by rubbing it up to a lineneedle point.

Fig. represents a side view of the eraser, showing the curved form ofthe blade, but the degree of curvature is not restricted. Fancy orcircumstances may dictate to that. The convex or bottom part of theblade is smoothed off a little rounding to be used as a polisher orrubber down of the inequalities of the paper after erasure, and is alsoto be used as a paper cutter and folder.

The handle C I make o f any convenient or fancy pattern.

The utility of my combined eraser, pencil Sharpener, &c., is in theconvenience and usefulness for the counting room, oiflce, and studio,and the variety of purposes in drawing and writing.

Vhat- I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- The curved blade eraser, with the circular edge pencil Sharpener,and the groove for finishing the pencil point, in combination, in themanner and for the purposes, substantially as herein set forth anddescribed.

A. G. SHAVER.

Witnesses i.

VINE, T. HANNUM.

[FIRST PRINTED 19115]

